Acts 22:28-30

Modern English Version

²⁸ The commander answered, “I bought my citizenship for a large sum.”

So Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.”

²⁹ Therefore those who were about to examine Paul immediately backed away from him. And the commander feared, knowing that he was a Roman citizen and because he had bound him.

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

³⁰ On the next day, desiring to know exactly why he was accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to assemble, and he brought Paul down to stand before them.